Ascorbic acid, at physiological concentrations, can scavenge the myeloperoxidase‐derived oxidant hypochlorous acid at rates sufficient to protect α 1 ‐antiprotease against inactivation by this molecule. The rapid depletion of ascorbic acid at sites of inflammation, as in the inflamed rheumatoid joint, may therefore facilitate proteolytic damage.
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